M1.6 earthquake 44 km E of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 44 km E of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jan 8, 2016, 1:41 PM HAST (23:41 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 101 km ESE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-08 23:41:11 UTC
- Depth
- 71.9 km (44.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 51.898° N, 175.986° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.754 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.361 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 160 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.374 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.971 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0117 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.773 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.735 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.895 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.683 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.941 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.753 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.689 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.590 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.858 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.740 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.340 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.032 km W of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.164 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.251 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 146 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.638 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.275 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 155 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.534 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.540 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.799 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.780 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.991 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.4100 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4102 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.575 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 173 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.197 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.197 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.554 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.958 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 85 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.668 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.572 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.399 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 240 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.775 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.587 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.676 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 92 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.446 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.835 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.825 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.748 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.193 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.575 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.535 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 124.
Before
- 1.697 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.188 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.0106 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.690 km S of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.377 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.080 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.368 km E of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.363 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.129 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.189 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.496 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.586 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.250 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.695 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 143 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.760 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.826 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.498 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
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